diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9013.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9013.c
index e23197da84af51bc244772d2dc2e7b01caf8eae9..41ab5defb7989b058bb42dfa90ecd972ded4381d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9013.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9013.c
@@ -1344,6 +1344,10 @@ static int af9013_i2c_gate_ctrl(struct dvb_frontend *fe, int enable)
 static void af9013_release(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
 {
 	struct af9013_state *state = fe->demodulator_priv;
+
+	/* stop statistics polling */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&state->statistics_work);
+
 	kfree(state);
 }